Close to 30, 000 tickets sold, 500 Level tickets now on sale

TORONTO – The 48th Vanier Cup, to be held on Friday, November 23 during the historic 100th Grey Cup Festival in a joint partnership between MRX, the Canadian Interuniversity Sport and the 100th Grey Cup Festival, will be an epic rematch between last year’s champions, the McMaster Marauders, and Laval’s Rouge et Or. Tickets are in high demand and sales are closing in on 30,000, quickly approaching the all-time Vanier Cup attendance record of 32,847, set back in 1989 in Toronto!

With the nail-biting finish of last year’s match between these two teams, which was played in Vancouver’s BC Place Stadium in front of 25,000 supporters, demand is so great that organizers are opening the East side of the 500 level with a special $40 ticket.  These tickets are on-sale TODAY at www.ticketmaster.ca.

The best teams in Canadian University football will go head-to-head this Friday at Rogers Centre in Toronto with a 7:30 p.m. kickoff.  Future CFL prospects will battle it out in front of an electric crowd that has already surpassed the 2007 Toronto attendance numbers of 26,787 fans, which was the largest Vanier Cup crowd since 1995.

Year - Date - Winning Team - Losing Team - Winning Coach - Losing Coach - Attend.
2011 25 Nov. McMaster 41 Laval 38 (OT) Stefan Ptaszek Glen Constantin 24,935
2010 27 Nov. Laval 29 Calgary 2 Glen Constantin Blake Nill 16,237
2009 28 Nov. Queen’s 33 Calgary 31 Pat Sheahan Blake Nill 18,628
2008 22 Nov. Laval 44 Western 21 Glen Constantin Greg Marshall 13,873
2007 23 Nov. Manitoba 28 Saint Mary’s 14 Brian Dobie Steve Sumarah 26,787
2006 25 Nov. Laval 13 Saskatchewan 8 Glen Constantin Brian Towriss 12,567
2005 3 Dec. Laurier 24 Saskatchewan 23 Gary Jeffries Brian Towriss 16,827
2004 27 Nov. Laval 7 Saskatchewan 1 Glen Constantin Brian Towriss 14,227
2003 22 Nov. Laval 14 Saint Mary’s 7 Glen Constantin Blake Nill 17,828
2002 23 Nov. Saint Mary's 33 Saskatchewan 21 Blake Nill Brian Towriss 17,179
2001 1 Dec. Saint Mary’s 42 Manitoba 16 Blake Nill Brian Dobie 19,138
2000 2 Dec. Ottawa 42 Regina 39 Marcel Bellefeuille Frank McCrystal 18,209
1999 27 Nov. Laval 14 Saint Mary’s 10 Jacques Chapdelaine Blake Nill 12,595
1998 28 Nov. Saskatchewan 24 Concordia 17 Brian Towriss Pat Sheahan 15,157
1997 22 Nov. UBC 39 Ottawa 23 Casey Smith Larry Ring 8,184
1996 30 Nov. Saskatchewan 31 StFX 12 Brian Towriss John Stevens 14,577
1995 25 Nov. Calgary 54 Western 24 Peter Connellan Larry Haylor 29,178
1994 19 Nov. Western 50 Saskatchewan 40 (OT) Larry Haylor Brian Towriss 28,652
1993 20 Nov. Toronto 37 Calgary 34 Bob Laycoe Peter Connellan 20,211
1992 21 Nov. Queen’s 31 Saint Mary’s 0 Doug Hargreaves Larry Uteck 28,645
1991 30 Nov. Laurier 25 Mt. Allison 18 Rich Newbrough Marc Loranger 30,191
1990 24 Nov. Saskatchewan 24 Saint Mary’s 21 Brian Towriss Larry Uteck 26,846
1989 18 Nov. Western 35 Saskatchewan 10 Larry Haylor Brian Towriss 32,847
1988 19 Nov. Calgary 52 Saint Mary’s 23 Peter Connellan Larry Uteck 13,127
1987 21 Nov. McGill 47 UBC 11 Charlie Baillie Frank Smith 14,326
1986 22 Nov. UBC 25 Western 23 Frank Smith Larry Haylor 17,847
1985 30 Nov. Calgary 25 Western 6 Peter Connellan Larry Haylor 16,321
1984 24 Nov. Guelph 22 Mt. Allison 13 John Musselman Steve Bruno 19,842
1983 19 Nov. Calgary 31 Queen’s 21 Peter Connellan Doug Hargreaves 18,324
1982 20 Nov. UBC 39 Western 14 Frank Smith Darwin Semotiuk 14,759
1981 28 Nov. Acadia 18 Alberta 12 John Huard Jim Donlevy 11,875
1980 29 Nov. Alberta 40 Ottawa 21 Jim Donlevy Cam Innes 11,000
1979 17 Nov. Acadia 34 Western 12 John Huard Darwin Semotiuk 19,397
1978 18 Nov. Queen’s 16 UBC 3 Doug Hargreaves Frank Smith 19,124
1977 19 Nov. Western 48 Acadia 15 Darwin Semotiuk Bob Vespaziani 19,514
1976 19 Nov. Western 29 Acadia 13 Darwin Semotiuk Bob Vespaziani 20,300
1975 21 Nov. Ottawa 14 Calgary 9 Don Gilbert Mike Lashuk 17,800
1974 22 Nov. Western 19 Toronto 15 Frank Cosentino Ron Murphy 24,777
1973 24 Nov. Saint Mary’s 14 McGill 6 Al Keith Charlie Baillie 17,000
1972 25 Nov. Alberta 20 Wat.Lutheran 7 Jim Donlevy David Knight 10,192
1971 20 Nov. Western 15 Alberta 14 Frank Cosentino Jim Donlevy 13,041
1970 21 Nov. Manitoba 38 Ottawa 11 Henry Janzen Bob O'Billovich 10,550
1969 21 Nov. Manitoba 24 McGill 15 Henry Janzen Tom Mooney 9,347
1968 22 Nov. Queen’s 42 Waterloo 14 Frank Tindall David Knight 16,051
1967 25 Nov. Alberta 10 McMaster 9 Clare Drake Jack Kennedy 16,167
1966 19 Nov. StFX 40 Wat.Lutheran 14 Don Loney David Knight 13,678
1965 20 Nov. Toronto 14 Alberta 7 Dalt White Gino Fracas 3,488

Vanier Cup Venues / Sites de la Coupe Vanier:

Varsity Stadium, Toronto (capacity: 21,739): 1965-1972, 1976-1988
CNE Stadium, Toronto (capacity: 33,135): 1973-1975
Rogers Centre, Toronto (capacity: 52,230) *: 1989-2003, 2007
Ivor Wynne Stadium, Hamilton (capacity: 28,743): 2004-2005, 2008
Griffiths Stadium, Saskatoon (capacity: 12,567): 2006
Stade du PEPS, Québec (capacity: 12,300): 2009-2010
BC Place Stadium, Vancouver (capacity: 54,320) 2011

* Previously called SkyDome (1989-2003 Vanier Cups)